An ancient Greek silver coin used in Sparta and other Greek city-states, typically representing a small fractional denomination.
From Greek 'hectē' or related to 'hextos' (sixth), possibly indicating a coin that was one-sixth of a larger unit in ancient monetary systems.
Ancient coins like the hecte tell us about trade and value—by studying which fractional coins existed, historians can understand exactly how ancient people conducted everyday commerce!
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